STEVE BROWN ELECTRICAL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC296261 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-30
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£63.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £62,992
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£70k
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£63k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£112k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£46k£69k£91k£114kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£64.0k£62.5k
Current assets£112.3k£114.2k
Cash£69.9k£63.0k
Debtors£39.9k£44.7k
Net assets£63.0k£61.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-20
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-11-24
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  4. 2023-11-23
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    WALTON, Stuart David appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-30
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  6. 2022-10-18
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  7. 2021-08-02
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  8. 2020-07-29
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  9. 2019-09-19
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  10. 2018-07-16
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  11. 2017-08-29
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  12. 2016-09-12
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  13. 2016-08-17
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  14. 2016-02-24
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  15. 2015-07-30
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  16. 2006-07-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2006-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As STEVE BROWN ELECTRICAL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  18. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Marie Louise appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Marie Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2006-01-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-01-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-01-30
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-01-30
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Brown
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

Unit 1, Main Street
Glencarse 4
Perth
Tayside
PH2 7LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Marie Louise→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-30
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Active
BROWN, Marie Louise→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-01-30
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Active
BROWN, Steven→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-30
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Active
WALTON, Stuart David→
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-11-23
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-01-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-01-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property24/07/2006—
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Recent filings (50 total)

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2026-02-09
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accounts · AA
2025-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
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accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25